Crysis is dead, long live Crysis: hints on new project emerge

While Crysis for the PC won't be receiving any more patches, a new title could …

Crysis was one of the few games released in the last few years that took advantage of high-end hardware and also remained a PC exclusive. Some people loved it, others found it pedestrian, but it's always good to see this sort of big-name first-person shooter stay true to its PC roots. It may be the last game Crytek releases that takes that path, as there will be no more patches for the game, and hints are starting to surface about something called Crysis: Warhead.

In the latest Crysis Monthly Update, Alexander Marschal, the Crytek community manager, again talked about the company going multiplatform. "In terms of development for the consoles, this is certainly a logical step for us with the CryEngine 2 supporting multiplatforms," he wrote. "This is not a decision that was driven by the piracy issues on the PC platform, and this definitely does not mean we will lower the quality of our upcoming PC titles. We are known for our next-gen technology and rest assured that we will continue developing high quality games, and getting the most out of each platform."

So... now what? "At this time, there almost certainly will not be a patch 1.3 delivered for Crysis. We are aware that this news will disappoint many of you, and we would like to apologize profusely. There is a good reason for this and we hope you understand when you hear more about the reasons why in the very, very near future." And now the Crysis site has been updated with the image shown above, so we could be nearing that future.